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What We Can Learn From the COVID-19 Philanthropy Commons

Stanford Social Innovation Review

We attribute this failure, largely, to sociological hurdles. The Commons experiment underscored the cultural barriers within the field of philanthropy that hamper the prospect for coordination within the sector. After all, users are not product designers and the importance of proper R&D is paramount. Donors are no different.

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Birthing Black: Community Birth Centers as Portals to Gentle Futures

NonProfit Quarterly

Today, we face racially redlined access to midwifery that reflects our nation’s deeply racist political, economic, and cultural history. Obstetrics is the dominant maternal health practice, while cultural narratives overshadow the Black herstory of midwifery with one that is white, wealthy, and/or alternative/“crunchy.”.

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Building the Mutual Economy: A Conversation with Steve Dubb, Rithika Ramamurthy, and Manuel Pastor

NonProfit Quarterly

So, how do we create in this economic space co-ops, community land trusts, collaborations of co-ops? If I convince people when they make an argument for equity, they should talk about it not just in terms of fairness and inclusion but in terms of prosperity and productivity, I feel like I’ve more than won the argument.

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A Planet to Win—Where Do We Start?

NonProfit Quarterly

Cohen, assistant professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, coauthor of A Planet to Win , and founding codirector of the progressive climate policy think tank Climate and Community Project, stressed the pragmatic tenor of climate demands today. isn’t a democracy.”. The full quote is “Ever Ever failed. Fail again.